Sr Manager, Vendor Outsourcing

Basic Qualifications:

• High School degree and 12 years of experience
• OR
• Bachelor's Degree and Eight Years' Experience
• Masters' Degree and Six Years' Experience
• PhD / PharmD

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in the clinical trials industry, with particular expertise in Phase 1b–3 clinical trial management services; experience across related ancillary categories is preferred.
• Maintain current knowledge of the evolving clinical trial technology landscape and innovative provider offerings, and apply relevant insights to sourcing strategy, service delivery, and clinical trial performance.
• Formal training in category management, strategic sourcing, procurement, contracting, or a related discipline, with demonstrated application in a category-management environment.
• Expertise in study-level request-for-information and request-for-proposal processes, proposal and budget analysis, vendor evaluation, negotiation, award recommendations, and vendor selection.
• Strong end-to-end contracting experience, including work orders, amendments, change orders, and change notifications.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and manage contracts collaboratively across Legal, Clinical Operations, Finance, Procurement, Compliance, Quality, and vendor teams.
• In-depth knowledge of clinical development, study start-up and execution, vendor oversight, and applicable regulatory and quality requirements.
• Strong financial and analytical acumen, including the ability to evaluate complex budgets, cost drivers, pricing models, and overall commercial value.
• Ability to manage multiple sourcing and contracting priorities independently in a highly dynamic, fast-paced, and matrixed environment, with sound judgment and an appropriate sense of urgency.
• Ability and willingness to travel, as required.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, supply chain, procurement, or a related discipline, together with relevant experience in clinical outsourcing, category management, strategic sourcing, or contracting; an advanced degree is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience supporting clinical studies and sourcing vendors for CRO clinical trial management services.
• Professional certification, such as CPSM, CIPS, PMP, or an equivalent credential, is preferred.
• People Leader Accountabilities:
• Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.
• Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.
• Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem
• The salary range for this position is:
• Bay Area: $157,590.00 - $203,940.00.
• Other US Locations: $143,225.00 - $185,350.00.
• Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. For additional benefits information, visit:
• https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
• Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
• Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• Gilead Sciences Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment comprised of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact [email protected] for assistance.
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